Embroidery needle



L. D. HOVER.

EMBROIDERY NEEDLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 1, i921.

1,428,960. PatentedSept. 12,1922.

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T E S UNITED ST LEE 1). I-IOVER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

EIVIBROIDERY NEEDLE.

Application filed January 7, 1921.

To all to 710m it may concern Be it known that I, Lnn D. Hovnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Embroidery Needles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to needles used for hand embroidery work, and its object is to provide a novel and improved needle of this type, and also one which can be easily threaded.

The invention also has for its object to provide a simple and efficient gage device for determining the depth of the working stroke of the needle, said gage device being readily adjustable according to the depth of the stroke desired.

it-h the objects stated in view, the invention consists in a combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, and in order that the same may be better understood. reference is had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification.

In the drawing Figure l is a side elevation of the needle and its gage device; Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, and Fig. 3 is a central. longitudinal section.

teferring specifically to the drawing 5 denotes a needle which is hollow or tubular, and formed integral with a shank (i which is also tubular. The forward end of the shank 6 is tapered, and the needle 5 extends forwardly from this tapered portion 7. its diameter being considerably less than that of the shank. The end of the needle is pointed and has an eye 8 just back of its point. The point of the needle is formed by beveling the extremity thereof as shown at 9, and the eye 8 is formed in the tube opposite the beveled extremity thereof. The rear end of the shank 6 is open so that the Serial No. 435,701.

thread may be passed through the shank, and also through the needle to project from the beveled end thereof, this end of the tube being also open, and the thread being'here passed through the eye 8. The diameter of the tube forming the shank and the needle is such that the thread can be readily passed therethrough, and hence the needle can be easily threaded.

In order to gage the working stroke of the needle, or the extent to which it is to pass through the fabric to be embroidered, a gage device is provided, the same consisting of two closely intertwined coiled springs 10 and 11 of the same diameter, said diameter being such that. the coils fit snugly on the needle and remain in adjusted position thereon. The depth of the working stroke of the needle depends on the distance of the coils from the point of the needle, this distance being readily varied by lengthening or shortening the gage device. This can be done by unwinding or unscrewing the coils with a rotary motion relative to each other, which has the effect of increasing the combined length of the two coils. A reversal of this operation shortens the coils.

To facilitate the hereinbefore described manipulation of the coils 10 and 11, their outer ends project laterally and are headed as shown at 12 to provide finger-holds.

The device is very small, and it has no projecting parts to interfere with the operation of the needle.

I claim:

The combination with an embroidery needle, of a gage therefor comprising a pair of intertwined coils fitting over the needle, and rotatable relative to each other to vary their combined length.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

LEE D. HOVER. 

